Association Between Time of Day and the Decision for an Intrapartum Cesarean Delivery

Moeun Son1, Yinglei Lai, Jennifer Bailit

  • 1Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, George Washington University Biostatistics Center, Washington, DC, MetroHealth Medical Center-Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, Columbia University, New York, New York, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston-Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas, and Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.

Obstetrics and Gynecology
|February 7, 2020
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